How to root an appliance

Linux Security System Administration Hardware Root Access

We often deal with appliances during our daily struggles. They provide a solution to a particular problem, and they come as a package. In the sense of administration, they usually offer management panels. You can't access the root account on these devices. Not being a superuser on a server I manage irritates us intensely. Having root means being able to operate the equipment after the warranty.

Extract Android Userdata Partition for Recovery and Forensics

Android Forensics Data Recovery Mobile Security

There are many tools you can find around the web if you want to recover files from an android device. There are also some play store options, even though downloading anything from the play store will only make more of the data unrecoverable. Some PC-based tools could recover from a single partition of your phone, yet they are pretty much blind against the other partitions of the phone.